If you choose to go with Philip's suggestion, certain phones (Nokia for sure, even old ones) will allow you to send through a serial cable, using AT commands (see below for the commands). I've done it only in Windows, using hyper terminal, but I don't see why Linux wouldn't work. The problem is you would need a dedicated phone/number/sim card connected to the PC. For that you could use something like the 7-Eleven prepaid plan which has 1 year valability on top-ups and they charge only 5 cents / SMS message.
----------------------- Query the SMS Service number: at+csca? Set the SMS Service number: at+csca = "+17057969300"[ENTER] Set terminal to "text" SMS: AT+CMGF=1 Create msg AT+CMGS="4163170798" Enter the text message and terminate it with "CTRL Z" >Test [CTRL-Z] The modem should return: +CMGS: 1 OK More info at http://www.cellular.co.za/at_etsi.htm On 8/13/07, philip mullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no real cost effective provider that could be used for sms in > that volume. > > Its easy enough though to use a cheap nokia phone connected to a Linux > box via a data cable to do both sending and receiving with http > integration. I made one a while ago that did http/snpp/smpp to a small > group of nokia phones on usb data cables :) > > > Regards, > > Philip Mullis > > > On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 10:56 -0400, Simon P. Ditner wrote: > > Does anyone have a SMS provider they would recommend? > > > > I'm looking for a provider that will send inbound SMS messages to me in a > > way that's easy to integrate with. Preferably something like an HTTP > > POST/GET to a URL that I supply them with, or an email message... > > > > It would be very low volume (maybe 20-30 SMS's /mo) for my own > > entertainment, so low per-message fees aren't that important, while low > > monthly fees are. > > > > Cheers, > > spd > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
